Edna Alternative

The mission of the Edna
Alternative School is to serve the needs of all learners. It especially serves
those learners who are at risk of dropping out of school due to various
reasons. Those reasons may include, but are not limited to, significantly low
social, emotional, behavioral, and/or academic progress.

Rationale

The societal demands placed upon youth of our community are many.
It has become increasingly evident that traditional education programming,
utilized in most schools, fails to meet the needs of some students. The Edna
Alternative School exists to provide an alternative educational setting for
these students. This program has been designed to more adequately reach the
variances between learners, while helping to instruct them on how to best deal
with their individual problems.

The Edna Alternative School is able to allow its students to be
active participants in the planning and developing of their own customized
educational programs. The program is held to the same high standards as the
Edna High School and, as such, allows students to meet standards required by
the State of Texas.

Staffing

The
Edna Alternative School is currently staffed with a regular education
instructor and a special education Para professional- both teachers are fully
accredited. In addition to the instructors, the Alternative School has its own Principal
and has access to counseling services.